City Place

Formerly the Tandy Center

This mixed use facility designed by Growald Associates,
Architects of Fort Worth, featured twin 20 story towers, an indoor
shopping mall, and an indoor ice skating rink. The office buildings
were constructed as the corporate headquarters of the Radio
Shack Corporation, formerly The Tandy Corporation.
It was built on the site of the old Leonard's Department Store;
however, Leonard's private subway leading from acres of parking on
the Trinity River was integrated into the project. Leonard's was
bought by Dillard's Department Stores, and they were
an anchor tenant in the mall. The mall, however was never a success,
and by 1995, Dillard's had moved out and the mall was virtually
vacant. The mall was reborn in 1996 as an outlet mall, catering to a
different market, but was still not successful. The mall has
was closed and converted into office space for RadioShack.
With the construction of the new RadioShack Corporate Headquarters
across Belknap Street to the north, the company sold the complex.
RadioShack completed their move out in 2005. Redevelopment of
the center began in 2006 under the name of City Place and several
different schemes were proposed for the two towers and the mall.
The first phase of the redevelopment consisted of the removal of the
block long bridge over Throckmorton Street and the renovation of the
north tower, now called City Place Two. The tower reopened in
late 2007. The second phase of the redevelopment began in the
summer of 2011 when all of the mall between the two towers was
demolished. That area was rebuilt with ground floor retail and
seven levels of parking. Although West 2nd Street was not open
to vehicular traffic, the buildings are separated with an outdoor
pedestrian walkway along the old street right-of-way. This phase was
completed in 2013. The third phase of redeveloping the south
tower began construction in 2013, shortly after completion of the
central section. City Place One will look like Tower Two and
will house office space. Completion is scheduled for 2014.
The retail tenants include: Subway and
Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches.